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Scandinavian Heritage strengthens board of directors with Emilia de Poret and Stina Andersson

Scandinavian Heritage has appointed Emilia de Poret and Stina Andersson as new members of its board of directors, according to a statement from Filippa K. The appointments follow the brand's recent acquisition by Oscar Jacobsen. Both brands now operate as sister companies under the holding company, OJ Holding Sweden AB. The new board members...

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Filippa K acquired by OJ Holding Sweden AB

Filippa K has a new owner. OJ Holding Sweden AB, the parent company of Oscar Jacobson, acquired Filippa K from Novax, the company announced this in a press release. Here, it was emphasised that Filippa K will continue to operate as an independent label within the group. The financial terms were not disclosed. Filippa K was founded in 1993 and...

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Filippa K unveils debut product designed by Anna Teurnell

Swedish fashion brand Filippa K has launched the first product designed by recently-appointed creative lead Anna Teurnell – the 90s stacked bootcut jeans. Teurnell, who joined the fashion brand in February following the departure of former creative director Liisa Kessler, has taken inspiration for her first product from the stretch denim of the...

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Filippa K appoints Marie Forssenius as CEO

Scandinavian fashion brand Filippa K has announced the appointment of Marie Forssenius as its new chief executive officer. The move marks a promotion for Forssenius, who had first joined the company as chief financial officer and chief operating officer before becoming acting CEO for the Filippa K Group AB. The company announced the latest shift...

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Ida Petersson joins Filippa K board

Swedish fashion house Filippa K has appointed former buying director at luxury retailer Browns and creative agency founder Ida Petersson to its board of directors. Petersson has been the driving force behind respected luxury retailers including Harvey Nichols, Net-A-Porter, and most recently as buying director at Browns, where she exited in...

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Filippa K names Anna Teurnell as new creative lead

Swedish fashion brand Filippa K has appointed Anna Teurnell as its new creative lead. The appointment follows the departure of former creative director Liisa Kessler on February 1, who joined the brand in January 2022. Teurnell is the founder and creative director of emerging luxury brand Teurn Studios and has “extensive creative and design...

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Self-Portrait taps Filippa K's Calvin Baillie for product director role

Womenswear label Self-Portrait is understood to have poached former Filippa K buying, merchandising and planning director Calvin Baillie to the role of product director. Baillie, who announced the news on his LinkedIn, will be based in the premium brand’s 10,000 square foot office in London, which it shares with Roland Mouret, a luxury label it...

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In pictures: Filippa K introduces new store concept in Amsterdam

Swedish brand Filippa K is opening a new store on P.C. Hoofstraat in Amsterdam with a revamped shop concept, the company announced in a press release. The concept follows on from the remodelling of the Filippa K shop in Helsinki last year. Image: Filippa K store on P.C. Hooftstraat, Amsterdam | Credit: Filippa K Image: Filippa K store on P.C....

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Filippa K to debut “game-changing” new recycled and renewable material

Swedish fashion brand Filippa K is to debut what it is calling a “game-changing” recycled material in its spring/summer 2024 collection developed in collaboration with Södra, Lenzing and Riopele. In a statement, Filippa K said that the innovative material is made from a combination of textile waste and wood cellulose, utilising OnceMore...

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Filippa K enters the Chinese market with Tmall launch

Swedish fashion brand Filippa K has launched on Tmall, part of Alibaba Group, to enter the Chinese market as part of its ongoing international growth strategy. The brand’s Tmall flagship store launches with the new autumn/winter 2022 and core collections of women’s, men’s, active and loungewear. It will also add creative director Liisa Kessler’s...

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Filippa K reveals redesigned logo for its ‘new era’

Swedish fashion brand Filippa K has revealed a newly redesigned logo as it begins to shift its creative direction under its newly appointed creative director, Liisa Kessler. The logo, which coincides with Kessler’s debut campaign, consists of original hand-drawn typography that aims to connect the brand’s future direction with its past....

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4 Takeaways from Stockholm Fashion Week: Reuse, receive, re-establish, return

Sweden’s bi-annual fashion week has wrapped up and with it, it has left food-for-thought for the rest of the industry as it brought to light important subjects surrounding sustainability and the way we view fashion. Much of the work displayed in this season’s Stockholm Fashion Week centred around slow, thoughtful production and circularity, with...